Operations Management: Page 60
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Uber Eats to offer autonomous food delivery early this year
Uber's partnership with Motional — which will launch in Santa Monica, California — aims to increase delivery reach while lowering labor costs.
By Julie Littman • Dec. 16, 2021 -
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Maersk to manage Unilever's ocean and air transport via control tower
The goal of the partnership is three-fold: to improve visibility across Unilever's supply chain, to boost efficiency and to cut down on emissions.
By Shefali Kapadia • Dec. 16, 2021 -
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TrendlineInventory Management
Read how retailers and brand manufactures are rethinking inventory management.
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The next step in FedEx's automation journey: Handling the largest and smallest packages
Executive Ted Dengel details how the company tackles the two ends of the "package bell curve" to keep up with the surge in volume.
By Max Garland • Dec. 16, 2021 -
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Ryder grows warehouse presence near ports with $480M Whiplash deal
With the acquisition, Ryder will gain new facilities in markets near major ports in Long Beach, Savannah, New York/New Jersey and Seattle/Tacoma.
By Max Garland • Dec. 15, 2021 -
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ColumnShould I stay or should I go? Supply chain managers face the 'Great Resignation'
Supply chain managers are not immune to workplace trends. Quite the contrary: mass resignations are now both an internal and external risk for companies.
By Rich Weissman • Dec. 15, 2021 -
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Kroger, Ocado select North Carolina as site for automated e-commerce fulfillment
The 200,000-square-foot facility in the Charlotte area, which will employ as many as 700 people over five years, is scheduled to open within two years after construction starts.
By Sam Silverstein • Dec. 14, 2021 -
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RFID, sensor data just the beginning of the connected supply chain
Companies can't stop at investments in IoT devices. They'll also need a way to integrate and capitalize on the data.
By Jen A. Miller • Dec. 14, 2021 -
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80% of companies passing on rising costs: Fed survey
Higher prices for everything from supplies to freight leave companies without "a release valve for building cost pressures," Federal Reserve economists said.
By Jim Tyson • Dec. 14, 2021 -
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Workarounds became integral to supply chain management during the pandemic
A series of logistics and supply disruptions in 2021 pushed companies to act creatively under pressure.
By Edwin Lopez , Shefali Kapadia • Dec. 14, 2021 -
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New Walmart fulfillment center to support retailer's next-day shipping push
The facility in Tennessee will use robots to find items within its storage system and bring them to employees for packing before shipping to customers.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 13, 2021 -
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Sponsored by QuickbaseThe importance of supply chain visibility
Supply chain visibility is requirement for all business. Here’s what you can do to address visibility challenges right now.
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Facing long lead times, GMS bulks up on wallboard and steel inventory
Wallboard and steel are among a number of key material shortages that have hamstrung the construction industry, pushing up prices and delaying deliveries.
By Colin Campbell • Dec. 10, 2021 -
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Dell's digitized supply chain makes demand planning easier during chip shortage
The company runs virtual simulations to better detect potential disruptions and shape demand to available supply.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Dec. 9, 2021 -
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Clorox upgrades 20-year-old ERP for improved data visibility, demand planning
The company is investing $500 million to "significantly increase digital capabilities," CFO Kevin Jacobsen said.
By Colin Campbell • Dec. 9, 2021 -
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Deep Dive7 charts show Southern California's warehousing crunch
Easing the chokepoint is a "balancing act" of labor, warehouse space and goods movement, one expert said.
By Max Garland • Dec. 8, 2021 -
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Ulta to spend up to $180M on ERP overhaul
Modern enterprise resource planning tools can help companies know what's in stock and what's needed where.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 8, 2021 -
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Nordstrom leverages pack and hold inventory to mitigate supply chain risk
The retailer is revisiting an inventory strategy that helped it during an expansion period when it needed enough items for new store openings.
By Max Garland • Dec. 7, 2021 -
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'Supply chain comes to the fore' for Under Armour in 20 months of tumult
Colin Browne says the pandemic sped up operational changes already underway at the sportswear brand.
By Ben Unglesbee • Dec. 7, 2021 -
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Oatly plans 3 new facilities by 2023 to combat supply shortages
The company aims to self-manufacture 50% to 60% of total volume as it looks to build inventory and control costs.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Dec. 7, 2021 -
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Hiring momentum in manufacturing aids November production
Material shortages and high demand are still dragging down the sector, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Dec. 2, 2021 -
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Allbirds boosts inventories by 55% due to long lead times, high demand
The shoe and apparel company has relied on careful planning, secondary sourcing and regional diversification to keep product flowing.
By Colin Campbell • Dec. 2, 2021 -
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Furniture retailers struggle with depleted inventories after Vietnam lockdowns
Williams-Sonoma and La-Z-Boy expect continued inventory delays as factories work to ramp up production.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Dec. 1, 2021 -
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Pandemic opens the door to investments in wearables for supply chain workers
Wearable technology offers a treasure trove of data for supply chain managers. But the question remains how to translate the data into decisions.
By Jen A. Miller • Nov. 30, 2021 -
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Walgreens to open $30M MFC in Kansas City region
The Liberty, Missouri, location is one of nine micro-fulfillment sites that the pharmacy store chain plans to open across the U.S. by the end of 2022.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • Nov. 30, 2021 -
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Returns volume and costs set to climb in pricey supply chain environment, survey says
Those expenses pile onto "rising freight costs, capacity constraints and delays," the executive director of the Reverse Logistics Association said.
By Max Garland • Nov. 30, 2021
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